Well-known Chinese comedian1 Guo Degang will launch his directing debut2, The Face of Gene3, during the upcoming Spring Festival holiday.
中国著名戏剧演员郭德纲的导演处女作《祖宗十九代》将于春节假期与大家见面。
Guo, who has travelled extensively to entertain Chinese communities overseas, has even produced a song designed to promote his new comedy.
The Face of Gene has an assembled a cast of 33 stars, including the action giant behind the Wolf
Warrior4 franchise5, Wu Jing; Taiwan supermodel and actress Lin Chi-ling; actor Wu Xiubo, who is best known for his role in the film Finding Mr Right; and pop
idol6 Jing Boran, known for his role in the Monster Hunt series.
The movie is about a gifted yet unsuccessful writer who travels back in time to meet a dozen of his ancestors to find out the formula for their past successes.
The writer is played by Guo's most popular
disciple7 and star comedian Yue Yunpeng.